Cheriyanad
Cheriyanad is a village in Kerala state of India.

Cheriyanad is a village in Kerala state of India. It lies in the Central Travancore Region, and specifically comes under Chengannur taluk in Alappuzha District.The very famous Cheryanadu Balasubrahmanya temple is located here. The Kavadiyattam which is held every year in conjunction with Taipuyam and the lighting of the Holy Pallivilakku are very famous. This land is also known as the Pallivilakkukalude Naadu.
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Worth seeing in and around Cheriyanad
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Puliyur Mahavishnu Temple
The Thripuliyoor Mahavishnu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu and located in Puliyoor, Alappuzha District, Kerala, South India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Mayapiran/Thripuliyoorappan.
3.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cheriyanad
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 95 km · Cochin (COK), 100 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 202 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Cheriyanad97 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · ₹720–890
- Kochi → Cheriyanad82 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ₹680–850
- Coimbatore → Cheriyanad197 km · quickest by road, 5h 21m · ₹1,810–2,260
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cheriyanad
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cheriyanad. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTaxi and auto rickshaws were available all around.
- Get inBuses and auto rickshaws are the most convenient mode of transportation.
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Cheriyanad is 43 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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